---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2540"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2540 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare", "Governor", "Health Care Plans/Services", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Miller", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4249f053-f800-4133-9a88-2f67ded0e089"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fd20c91ef4b7985547c51fcab23c332207da21127f5d55f733c143dc6cd90873"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2540 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2540 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2540Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4249f053-f800-4133-9a88-2f67ded0e089`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).